A cobra that measured somewhat
over seven and one-half feet, taken at
Jaffna, Ceylon, is stated to be by far the
largest ever recorded.
A French naturalist asserts that If
the world should become birdless, man
would not inhabit it after nine years'
time, in spite of all the sprays and pois
ons that could be manufactured for the
destruction of Insects. The bugs and
slugs would simply eat up all the
orchards and crops In that time.
Eyestoues are the opercula or small
lenticular footdoor of a small marine
shell, family Turbinidae. They are a
calcareous body. The removal of for
eign substances was performed by
placing one in the inner corner of the
eye and allowing It to pass across the
eyeball, under the lid, bringing the for
eign substance with it.
In France a system, Invented by Mon
sieur Dubois, is used to preserve tele
graph poles from rotting. The bottom
of the pole up to, and a little above, the
surface of the grouud Is Incased In an
earthenware pipe. The space between
the pipe and the pole Is C . - with a
mixture of sand and resin, wrJ v, on
solidifying, becomes waterproof.
Prof. Spring reports on his experi
ments of many years to explain the
color of the water. He has come to the
conclusion that a pure blue Is the nat
ural color of water, for when we look
through a long tube filled with distilled
water against a brilliant white surface,
a pure blue is seen, such as shown by
the Lake of Geneva in quiet weather, a
color which is not Influenced by super
ficial or Interior reflection.
A writer in the Contemporary Review
urges the need of a new class of edu
cated physicians whose business shall
be the care and cure of disease-threatened
and disease-stricken plants. "The
time will come," he says, "when every
agricultural district will have its plant
doctor." He even foresees the devel
opment of specialties by plant doctors
Just as by other physicians, so that in
many difficult and obscure cases of dis
ease affecting valuable plants, the ser
vices of such specialists will be em
ployed. The foundation of schools of
practical plant pathology Is urged as a
matter of national Importance.
It has been noticed that many plants,
not natives of the locality, are to be
found growing in the neighborhood of
great railroad yards. Sometimes the
seeds of these plants have been brought
thousands of miles from their natural
habitat. Often they flourish amid their
new surroundings, and gradually
spread over the surrounding couutry.
Thus the railroads carry unsuspected
emigrants, which travel to and from
every point of the compass. In the
Mississippi Valley are to be found
plants which, within a few years past,
have been thus brought thither, some
from the Atlantic seaboard, some from
the Gulf region, and some from the oth
er side of the Hocky Mountains.
Payta, In Peru, about Ave degrees
south of the equator, has the reputa
tion, according to Prof. D. G. Fairchild.
of being the dryest spot on the globe.
On the average, a shower of rain occurs
at Payta only once In two years. But
the Interval between showers Is often
much longer. In February last, when
Prof. Fairchild visited the place, the
first rain fallen in eight years had Just
wetted the thirsty soil, having lasted
from 10 p. m. until the following noon.
Yet In that arid climate seven species of
nnnual plants manage to exist; and the
natives earn a livelihood by growing a
epecies of cotton whose long roots find
moistuie In the bed of a drled-up river.
This cotton Is readily marketed. The
roast at Payta has risen forty feet with
in historic times.
THE WOMEN OF SPAIN.
Interesting Statistics as to Their Social
and Intellectual Condition.
A great deal has been written about
Spanish men, but I think one may find
a truer key to Spanish character by
taking a glimpse of the misery of the
Spanish women. I doubt If the Spanish
woman ts any better off than the Turk
ish woman, and while America n wom
en are not clamoring for a conflict, the
fact remains that the taking of Spain
from the European geography might
prlve a great step in advance for the
women of that land.
It appears from an official document
which came my way the other day that
but 2.t.'i(,(515 Spanish women can read
jr write. This fraction Is almost as big
as the male army that knows Its own
language. It Is a pitiful showing, but
It Is only the beginning of the table of
female wretchedness. The municipali
ties list 51.040 professional beggars who
wear petticoats. Then there are 828,
531 women who earn their living by
working In the farm fields. There are
5l9.")!M3 women rated as day servants,
who get but little more than board and
helter for their work, and In all the
.flying dynasty there are but 719.000
girls In the schools of any kind, public
ni tirlvntp. There are twice n mnnv
female mendicants as male. The cen
sus shews that G.7G4.400 women have
neither professions nor trades, and are
lltogetuer dependent upon cuarlty, the
possibility of getting marrlid or hard,
labor at starvation wages.
The same lamentable condition of the '
Spanish woman Is shown by a glance (
at another side of her lire. The king
dom has but seventy-four women
classed as literary writers. There are
but seventy-eight women physicians in
the mother country aud all the prov
inces. The women school teachers
number only 14,490, as compared with
24.012 men, but this does not Include
the nuns, who are classed by them
selves, and number 28,549.
Spanish women who are fortunate
live In the most magnificent homes and
seem never to bother their heads about
the poorer sisters at their doors. The
favorite resort for the graude senoras
is San Sebastian, and the lives the care
less Spanish women of fashion lead
there during the summer Is said to be
a scandal over all Europe. There Is
scarcely a pretense at propriety or even
ordinary conventionality. As in France,
a majority of the young girls of the
best families are educated In the con
vents. Their greatest accomplishment
is embroidery, and they sit and sit aud
sit at their knitting until some man
from an ancient and bankrupt house, or
a bull-raising plantation comes along
and marries them. Club life is un
known. Marriages are celebrated very
early in life, aud but few people who
get weary of these early alliances ever
go to the trouble and formality of get
ting a divorce. The unhappy couples
simply divide up the household things
and live the balance of their lives the
best way they can.
Spanish women, so I have found, have
very little outdoor amusement. The
bicycle is Just beginning to be admitted,
but under protest. The young women
love their queen next to pretty frocks
and glittering fans and bright ribbons.
They flock to the cruel shows In the
bull rings and laugh and cheer at the
horrible spectacles. They show no more
pity than an American girl bestows up
on the dashing hardships which the
average tennis player or the golfer un
dergoes when he performs In a broiling
sun to amuse her. Chicago Times
Decorates His Burial L t.
Trobably the strangest hobby in the
world is that of Homy Woolridge, of
Mayfleld, Ky., who devotes all his
money and time to developing his plot
In the local cemetery in a way which
is as grotesque as it Is, happily, orig
inal. His first modest and laudable
effort was to erect a plain monument
to mark the family resting-place. Not
satisfied with this, however, he adJed
to it a white marble shaft, bearing on
Its face a relief presentment of himself
on horseback.
Having thus struck the personal note.
"Uncle Henry." as he la familiarly
called, had a life-sized statue of him
self erected at a cost of 200. He then
Introduced statues of his mother and
eldest brother, to be followed shortly
by similar statues In Indiana limestone
of a favorite niece aud of a young girl
who had brought him flowers during
an illness.
His next ambition was to see himself
on horseback, and the family gathering
was augmented by a life-sized statue
of "Uncle Henry" on his favorite horse.
Then followed presentments in stone
of his favorite decrhouud. "Tow Head."
chasing a deer; another of a fox pur
sued by his foxhound, "Hob," and a
marble sarcophagus with a carved rep
resentation of his favorite gun.
The latest additions have been sta
tues of three of his brothers In the
stiffest of poses and the most prosaic
of dress. As "Uncle Henry," although
75 years old. Is still hale and more en
thusiastic than ever, It Is certain that
this strange menagerie will receive
many more additions before he sleeps
In the oddest environment with which
ecceutricity ever surround, d a dead
Eian. Tld-Bits.
Derivation or the Word 'Sunday."
The word "Sabbath" Is a Hebrew
term for a period as well as quality of
time, and means "rest." In the Bible It
Is used only with this meaning. Periods
of one year or of seven years were thus
characterized. Every seventh day was
observed by the Hebrews as a weekly
"Sabbath." In addition to this day
others were appointed in which the
obligation to cense from labor was as
binding as the observance of the week
ly "Sabbath." "Sunday" is so named
from the day which was dedicated to
the worship of the sun. Christian na
tions observe It as their "Sabbath."
but "Sabbath" Is not "Sun-day." Wom
an's Home Companion.
The Origin of "Sterling."
Sterling Is derived from the name by
which the dwellers in eastern Germany
were known In the twelfth and thir
teenth centuries they were called east
erlings. Not only was the purity of
their money very famous, but that of
their silver specially so, and coiners
and silversmiths were fetched from
those parts to Improve the quality of
our own manufactures.
Frill Man.
A woman editor who has evidently
"been there" offers a bit of advice to
her sex at large: "Never try to signal
a street-car conductor when there Is a
pretty girl on the opposite side of the
street, unless you are a prettj girl
yourself. It's hopclcs."
Killing Locaats by Inoculation,
Dr. Alexander Ellington, a distin
guished graduate of Edinburgh univer
sity, now director of the Bacteriological
Institute at Grahamstown, South
Africa, has cultivated a fungus which,
when administered in a liquid form to
locusts, produces a fatal disease, rapid
ly destroying the pests in enormous
swarms. Three great swarms of locusts
ravaging the fields were recently en
tirely destroyed in this manner within
a week.
Our Nation's Wraith.
The material wealth and sarenirth of our
nmion is in iron, the most useful of nil
metals, just as the wealth ofu human being
lies in a useful stomach. If you have over
worked your, try llostetter's Stomach.
Hitters. It will relieve the clogged bowels,
improve the appetite and cure constitu
tion, d w-pepsia and bilioututeioi.
Latest in Hones.
The latest thing in roses is the pos
session of an East Anglian roe grower,
who, in his catalogue, says that its
name is Kruger, and that it requires
a warm position and much disbudding.
Two thousand plumbers and 6,000
laborers in Chicago aro either on it
strike or under orders to strike against
the new rules of the Building Contract
Drs Council.
A NOTED JUDGE SAVED BY PERUflA.
Had Catarrh Nine Years All Doctors Failed.
TltT AI.LKN'S FOOT KASK,
A powder to he shaken into the shoes.
At this season your feet feel swollen, ner
vous and itncouifonnhle. It' you have,
smarting feet or tight shoes, try Allen's
Foot-Kase. It rests and comforts; makes
walking easy. ('tires swollen anil -wealing
fect, bh.-tt r. ami titl'mi ejioi.-.. Kciivvca.
corns and bunions of nil pain aud is a cer
tain cure for Chilblains. Sweating, (lamp or
frosted feet. We have over thirty thousand
testimonials. Try it toxin-. Sold by all
ciruggisis ami shoe stores for 2or. trial
package FHKIC. Address, Allen 8. Olm
sted, I.e Koy. N. Y.
Public schools cost Berlin $3,000 a
fear.
They ver Fall, i
Almost never, t'asearets cure so Urge a per.
jentnite, thai they're guaranteed to cure
Jhrnnicconstlpatioii or money refunded. Drug
fists, 10c, 2.'c, Sue.
Eighty-four per cent of Idaho is pub
lic land. !
Mothers will find Mrs. Witialow's Sooth
ing Syrup the best remedy to use for thrir
shildren during the teething period.
Employes of the American Hide and
Leather Company's tanneries at Low
ell, Mass., who have been on a strike,
returned to work, the differences hav
ing beeu settled by arbitration.
CATARRH CANNOT BE CCREI)
HON. GEORGE KEBSTEN, OP CHICAGO.
Hon. Georgo Kersten, a well-known Justice of the Peace, of Chicago says:
" was afflicted with catarrh for nine years. My catarrh was
located chiefly in my head. I tried many remedies without avail.
1 applied to several doctors, but they were not able to cure me. I
learned of the remedy, Peruna, through the daily newspapers. After
taking the remedy for 18 weeks 1 was entirely cured. I consider my
cure permanent, as it has been two and a half years since 1 was cured. "
Any man who wishes perfect health All
must bo entirely free from catarrh, selves
Catarrh is well-nigh universal; almost
omnipresent. Peruna is the only abso
lute safeguard known. A cold is the
beginning of catarrh. To prevent colds,
to cure colds, is to cheat catarrh out of
.its victims. Peruna not only cures
catarrh, but prevents it.
families should provido them
with a copy of Dr. Hartmnn'a
free book entitled "Winter Catarrh."
This book consists of seven lectures on
catarrh and la grippe delivered at The
Ilartman Sanitarium. It contains the
latest information on the treatment of
catarrh diseases. Address Dr. Hart
man, Columbus, Ohio.
With local application, as they cannot reach
the seat of the disease. Catarrh la a blood or
constitutional disease, anil m order to cure It
you must taka internal remedies. Hall's Ca
tarrh Cure is taken internally, and actsdirectly
on the blood and mucous surfaces. Hall's Ca
tarrh Cure is not a quack medicine. It was
prescribed by one of the best physicians in this
country for years, and isa regular prescription.
It is composed of the best tonics known, com
bined with the best blood purifiers, acting di
rectly on the mucous surfaces. The perfect
combination of the two ingredients is what pro
duces Buch wonderful results in curing catarrh.
Bend for testimonials, free.
F. J. CHENEY Si CO., I'ropri., Toledo, O.
Pold by druggists, price 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
At Chicago 7,000 members of the
buildiug trades are on strike.
I never used so quick a cure as I'iso's
Cure for Consumption. J. H. llmer, liox
1171, Seattle, Wash., Nov. 25, 18!).").
Greater New York has one negro
policeman.
TO CI'KK A COLD IN ONE DAT
Take Laxative llromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money if it
fails to cure. E. W. Grove's signature
is on each box. 25c.
AN APPEAL TO HUMANITY GENERALLY
We need your assistance In announcing: to the world the GREATEST REMEDY that Sclenca
has ever produced, and you need our assistance to secure relief for yourself and friends
through SW ANSON'S DROPS. "
AD IT Rl CHV Q I I D D IVI P A" lure,y a 1 ne American Navy has con
rvSilllfc U I w 3 I W lalVlla que red and wilt conquer all that opposes
It, so will "5 DROPS" unfailingly conquer all diseases like Rheumatism, Sciatica, Neuralgia,
Lumbago, Catarrh of all kinds, ASTHMA, Dyspepsia, Backache, Sleeplessness, Nervousness,
Heart Weakness, Toothache, Earache, Creeping Numbness, Bronchitis,
Liver and Kidney Troubles, etc., etc., or any disease for which we rec
ommend it. "s DROPS" Is the name and the dose. "5 DROPS" is per.
fectly harmless, it does not contain Salicylate of 8da nor Opiates in any
form. The Child can use it as well as the Adult.
Read carefully what Mr. L. R. Smith, of El Dorado Springs, Mo., writes
us under date of Nov. 27, 1899, also Martan Bowers, of Cn.agliar, Ohio,
2S3? RHEUMATISM
I do not know how to express how wonderful I think ynur "Jl IsltOPA"
tTMAnic MAitir I meuicineiH. was suuomiK intensely witn n .sj it.a i.uia auu timiiKlit for
11 " " ' 1 a month t list 1 would huvo to die. One day a lady called to see me and brought
me an advertisement of your '. IMCOI'H." 1 resolved to try It and sont fur a eaniplo bot tle. Have
been takinit It for three weeks and have not bad an attack of sufTerliiii since 1 took the first dose. 1 be
lieve It has savod my lifo. This statement Is nosltlvnlv true. I shall also tuke pleasure In recommend
ing your "S UltOpsl" for the cure of KEIJIULOI A. L. It. SMITH.
El Dorado Springs, Mo.. Nov. Z7, 1889.
Tour 5 DROPS" came to hand on the 11th of last month and was glad to recelvo It for 1 was suf
fering at the time wlib untold aitonles. The first dose helped me out of my pain on short notice. Blest
tho name of God for It. It will do all you say It will, and moro loo. I had severe pains all over my body
when nlidit came 1 could not sleep. The worst polo was In my left leg. I could not put mr foot to the
floor without suffering great pain. Have usd four different kinds of medicine for HIIEUM ATlMail
and got no relief until 1 gut your M& DHUHs," which navn me Immediate relief as above stated.
MAltTAN llOWEUS, Box 83, Caraghur. Ohio. Due. Ill, 18UU.
OfJ A VQ to enable sufferers to give "6 DROPS" at least a trial, we will send a sample bottle, pre
w lef A I V paid by mail for ltc. A sample bottle will convince you. Also, large bottles cwo doses)
ll.OO, bottles fur M. Hold by us and agents. ANKKTS WsKTKD la s Territory. Don'twaltl Write now!
SWA MOM BHEIHITIO tUBK CO., 10O to 164 Luke sit., lllll'AUU, ILL.
m0
In Oeuneral Kobbe's expedition in
the islanls of Luzon, Leyte aurl Samar,
troops from the two regiments have
occupied nine towns and placed 180,
000 bales of hemp on the market.
At a request of the legislative com
mittee of the Ohio Federation of Labor
a bill has been introduced in the Ohio
legislature providing for equal wages
for men and women.
PORTLAND DIRECTORY.
I'tiiii) tHl Wli'M Work.
iESTFORTH
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If you baven t a regular, healthy movement of the I
bowels every day. you're sick, or will bo. Keep your
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smoothest, easiest, most perfect way or keeping the I
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JOHN POOLE, Portland, Orfoon,
can give you the best bargains in general
Machinery-, engines, boilers, taiika, pumps,
plows, belts and windmills. The new
eteel I X L windmill, sold by him, is unequalled.
FOR 14 CENTS!
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est earliest Tomato Oiant on earth. Ft-
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spring-the same as wheat and will yield from
5n to 100 bushels per acre) the straw alter it Is
thrashed has an oily substance and it It almost
as nood as hay.
Fries of seed lOo per pound or S per
hundred. Address
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r ii nerd Freeh and Itellatilx Needs
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CURS YOURSELF I
MANY SICK W0JV1EN
Can easily truce their trouble to the blood, but
that don't help, unless they I) ml a remedy,
Moore's Revealed Remedy
Purifies the blood makes sick women stronf
and weil. 1.U0 per bottle at the dniK store.
rflTi P1IT A rlrst-rins Brunswick.
HIM Mil Hal ke and Collender Poof
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DROPSY
Treated
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Address UK. MEUKIKK, Mountain Home, Ida.
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mention this paper.